A/n: well! I started writing this after I updated the last chapter and I thought it was about time we saw some of what RYan was thinking. yep yep. So Firstly, thank you to all my wonder WONDERFUL reviewers and readers! you guys mean a TON! seriously if you guys didn't review I would have stopped writing this story LONG ago. as you can tell from the publishing dates and updating dates. lol. So thank you to the 100th reviewer:
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Chapter 16 Book
"Where's Summer?" Seth asked walking into the pool house a few days later.
"She's visiting her dad and step-mom." Ryan said leaning on the floor against the bed.
Seth came to sit by him and sighed dramatically.
"What a waste of a Saturday, you sitting alone brooding over Summer and her dad." Seth said.
"I'm not." Seth gave him a yeah-right look and Ryan stood up.
"Fine. But, it's weird when Summer's not here. I mean, in the beginning it was weird when she was around, now it's weird when she isn't. I don't know what to do."
"Well, we could have some male-bonding time. We haven't had a heart to heart in awhile." Seth said moving his eyebrows suggestively.
Ryan glared at him.
"Seth, I'm fine. I'll just wait here till she comes back."
"Nope. Let's go out, lets go...see an IMAX film! I really wanna see the one with the sharks, besides you owe me. I always have to put up with you and Summer making googly eyes at each other, and I'm tired of it! I want some male bonding time. You know you want it too!" Seth said smiling hopefully.
Ryan hesitated, looked at the glass door then nodded.
"Fine. Find the time and we'll go."
Seth jumped up and clapped.
"Finally! Some bonding time with my bro!"
Ryan smiled a small smile and watched as Seth went to his computer and looked up the time.
"So, do you think she's going to move back in?" Seth asked after a few minutes of surfing the net.
Ryan shrugged, "I told her my feelings over it."
Seth laughed, "you have feelings besides brooding and mystery?"
"What times the movie?" Ryan asked changing the subject.
"In, like, 50 minutes." Seth said shrugging.
"So tell me, is she moving?"
Ryan groaned, "I. Don't. Know! If she does it doesn't change anything."
"You really think that? You really think her dad will let her keep seeing you? Man, I met her dad and he is intense, like, really intense. Like, he hated me and how could anyone hate me? It's unimaginable!"
"Right." Ryan said.
"But, even if her dad wouldn't let us see each other, she's kinda pregnant. You know, if you didn't notice or anything. He wouldn't be able to keep us away from each other for long. I'm not worried." Ryan said an odd edge in his voice.
Seth raised and eyebrow at him but dropped it neither the less.
"Lets go, we'll stop at Chipotle on our way to the theater." Seth said after a few minutes of silence.
"Ok." Seth said walking outside and to the garage.
Ryan followed after shutting the door and turning the lights off.
"That was awesome! I never knew so much about sharks!" Seth gushed slurping on a slushie.
"It was really cool when the guy went into the cage and started throwing the bloody fish out and the sharks kept coming. Especially when the white sharks started coming, you know?"
Slurp.
Slurp.
"Then—"
"Seth, can we stop at the bookstore?" Ryan interrupted looking at the Barnes and Noble Bookstore across the parking lot of the theater.
Seth shrugged then nodded, "yeah, sure. Why do you need to go there though?"
Ryan raised and eyebrow at him and gave him a 'Are-you-joking?' look.
"Oh, right." Seth said as they walked towards the store.
Slurp.
Slurp.
"I wanna go check out the graphic novel section, so I'll meet you in a few."
Ryan nodded and broke away from Seth and headed over to another section of the bookstore.
"Ryan?"Summer called dropping her purse and coat on the bed.
"Ryan?" Summer called again.
She looked around wondering if there was a note. When she didn't find any she shrugged and assumed he went out with Seth since he was also missing. She went over to the bed and collapsed upon it groaning in frustration.
Today was probably one of the worst of her life. First, she went to her father's house and came face to face with her mother, who she hadn't see in almost 10 years. After much crying on her mother's part and much surprise on her own her father dragged her into the kitchen and forced her to lie about living with him. He had told her mother she was sleeping over at Marissa. Then proceeded 5 painful hours of bonding with her mother and glares from her father.
Then they went out for lunch, her and her mother. Her mother fired off question after question after question. She was trying to make up for 10 years gone. Summer told her about Marissa, her schooling, her teachers, her lead part in the 4th grade play, her future plans, and Ryan. After lunch was over and they headed back to Summer's father's house.
Her mom asked her, "so whose the baby's daddy?"
"I told you, mom. Ryan."
"Well can I meet this Ryan? Maybe tomorrow? We can have dinner."
"Mom..." Summer had said quietly.
"This is the first time I've seen you in almost 10 years. After you and dad got a divorce then...I don't know."
"Summer! Don't put this on me! I want to get to know you again, I want to get to know my grandchild and future son in-law."
"Woaw! Who said anything about future son in-law! We aren't ready to be married."
"But your ready to have an illegitimate kid?" her mother snapped.
Summer shut her mouth and didn't say anything for the rest of the ride home.
After lunch another set of painful hours with both parents proceeded, then a discussion about the baby. Her father told her mother Summer was going to keep it and then the fighting started. Summer finally got home around 9 exhausted and hating both her parents.
She found herself jealous of Cohen and his stupid goddamn perfect parents and their goddamn perfect family. Summer moaned softly and placed a hand on her rapidly growing stomach. Why did life have to be so difficult? Why couldn't her parents leave her alone? And why did everything have to go so downhill in Newport?
Summer wrapped the blankets around herself and fell asleep waiting for Ryan to get back.
The bed shifted under his weight and Summer opened her eyes. It felt like she'd only been asleep a few minutes.
"Ryan? What time is it?"
"Late. Sorry I woke you." he said quietly wrapping an arm around her.
"It's fine." she said closing her eyes.
"Where were you?"
"Bookstore."
"Why?" Summer said sitting up a little.
"For this."
Summer felt a heavy book fall into her fingers. She bent over to turn a light on and let out a little squeal.
"A baby names book! Ryan! You shouldn't have!" Summer gushed flipping through the book.
"Ryan, babe, what do you think of Albert?" she said giggling a little at his facial expression.
"No Albert."
"What about Samuel?"
"Can we do this tomorrow? I'm tir—"
"Michael? Jonathan? Charles? Charlie? Alexander? We need names Ryan! Oh my God I'm so excited now! Should we name the baby after a famous person or a family member? Or just pick a name we both like? Ryan? Are you listening to me?" Summer asked poking Ryan's shoulder.
"Ryan?" she asked again looking at his face and realizing he was sleeping.
She smiled softly and kissed him on the forehead. She wrapped the blankets around both of them and reached over to turn the light off. Snuggling as close as possible to him she wrapped her arms all around him and rested her head on his shoulder. She felt his arms snake around her large stomach and pull her even closer. She grinned like a crazy person.
In the dark, like this, she felt so content. She wondered if they could stay like this forever.
"Ryan?" she whispered.
When she didn't hear a reply she shrugged it off going ahead and saying what she needed to.
"My mother wants to meet you tomorrow for dinner." she paused seeing if he'd argue.
"I love you." she said even quieter.
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath in then let it out slowly.
"Please don't leave me." she said so quiet that she almost couldn't hear it herself.
"Please don't leave me." she repeated closing her eyes and letting the tears that had been bothering her all day fall.
"Please don't." she said again closing her eyes and trying to fall asleep.
She did eventually, but little did she know, Ryan had been up the whole time and it had taken him a lot longer to fall asleep then it had taken her.
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